spotted "Spot" in Bateau Bay on the Central Coast....great stalwart and clubman...always remember the try he got v Canberra in 1991 preliminary final when we raced to a 12-0 lead...thought we were grand final bound that day! ahh the memories....signed me an autograph courtesy of my best friend...thanks Spot

Gavin Jones sent off 12th minute. Referee? One guess.....bearded grub of a thing.

Gee the Bears were gutsy - it was a great game and none of the sterility that infests the present day game.

Trotter was all over Steve Renouf and Ray Warren / Sterlo acknowledged as much.

The Bears were beaten 28-22: Greg Barwick had a shocker, but how good were our little blokes - Jason Martin and MArk Soden......they were smashing the big Bronco lumps like Brett Plowman and Gavin Allen.

Smoke Caruana scored a ripper of a try from dummy-half 25m out, and gave the Broncs a scare, but a never say die effort by the bears.

Trotter was a great servant of the Bears. Malabi I vaguely remember something like that too - 3 tries in reggies, and one in first grade.

For the record we had a poor season in 1992, and the Broncos went on to win the comp - their first.

Next year on May 23rd in front of 20,000 people we smashed them 40-20! Quite possibly my favourite all time win.

Spotty owns a few donut kings on the coast. Great guy and still in great shape. Played for Wyong for a few years before giving it away. Did a bit of video analysis for them over the last few years whilst Paul Stringer was coaching.